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  • The Simpsons have been around for quite time now, 28 years to be exact and during this

  • period they have predicted the future a number of times. So let's look at the 10 times

  • the Simpsons predicted the future. At number one in an episode that aired in

  • 2008, Homer's voting machine changed his vote. Fastfoward to 2012 where A Pennsylvania

  • voting machine has been removed after it was found turning votes for President Obama into

  • a vote for Romney. At number 2 In 1995, Lisa's future

  • fiance could verbally communicate with his watch and in 2013 Samsung released a watch

  • that doubles as a smartphone. At number 3 is the Fifa corruption scandal

  • In the 2014 episode 546, the simpsons showed a fifa official getting arrested for corruption

  • by American authorities. Fast forward to 2015 to real life when 14 people were indicted

  • by fbi in connection with the Fifa corruption. At number 4 The baby translator

  • In 1992 Homer's half brother invented something as the baby translator into English. Then

  • in 2009 a Spanish developer released an Iphone app that they claimed could translate baby

  • noises into 5 categories, which were hungry, sleepy, bored, annoyed or stressed.

  • At number 5 In 1998, Springfield kids were stoked about a yard work simulator which allowed

  • them to have their own virtual farm. Sound familiar, well this episode came about way

  • before the popular craze of Farmville. At number 6 In 1991, Homer dreamed of the

  • Land of Chocolate during a meeting. In 2013 China opened its first ever chocolate-themed

  • park and a special chocolate exhibition opened in Shanghai.

  • At number 7 In a 1995, The Simpsons showed future phones had video capabilities.

  • Well this one doesn't need to be explained as almost every smart phone has video caller.

  • At number 8 Forget Miley Cyrus, Homer Simpsons was the first to ride a wrecking ball in 1994

  • way before miley decided to ride it naked. Well now we know where she got the idea from

  • At number 9 Auto correct We all know how annoying and funny auto correct

  • can be, but the simpsons predicted this way back in 1994.

  • And last but not least is another Fifa related prediction. In the same episode 546 which

  • aired a few months before the world cup, the simpons predicted that Germany would win the

  • title and a few months later, Germany wont the world cup. Freaky right?

The Simpsons have been around for quite time now, 28 years to be exact and during this

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